| Welcome to The Morning Filter, your guide to the busy news day ahead. We hope you are staying safe. Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today:
1. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of Covid-19 cases reported from India stands at 426671 with the toll at 13704. The highest single-day spike so far of 15,413 cases was recorded on Sunday.
2. India-China face-off | Armed forces given free hand The armed forces are said to have been given a free hand to assess the situation on the ground along the Line of Actual Control and take appropriate action as required in case of any escalation from the other side, a defence source on Sunday.
3. Supreme Court to hear pleas seeking recall of its order staying Puri Rath Yatra The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday the pleas seeking recall of its order staying this year's Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra, attended by lakhs of people from across the world, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
4. 'Honour' killing of Dalit youth Shankar | Madras High Court verdict on appeals of convicts on Monday A trial court in Tirupur awarded death penalty to six persons, including the father of a caste Hindu girl, for conspiring and killing a Dalit youth who had married her.
5. Punjab to cap COVID-19 treatment charges in private hospitals The fee structure for private hospitals and clinics is expected to be finalised by Monday, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has said.
6. Helicopter services in Himachal Pradesh to resume from Monday The service on Chandigarh-Shimla-Chandigarh, Shimla-Kullu-Shimla and Shimla-Dharamshala-Shimla by Pawan Hans UDAN-2 will restart from June 22 and the booking can be done on the company's website. 7. Meghalaya extends night curfew, ban on inter-state movement of people till June 30 The night curfew was to be in force till Monday.
8. Mizoram extends total lockdown in cities, towns till June 30 The total lockdown was imposed on June 9 after the number of coronavirus cases in the Northeastern State has jumped from 1 to 42 in a week. The measure was scheduled to be in force till Monday.
9. Condition of Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain improving, fever subsided - follow up The condition of the 55-year-old Minister is improving and he is being monitored by doctors, the officials said.  10. Maharashtra coastal areas to get widespread rains on Monday: IMD Maharashtra is likely to receive widespread rainfall in its coastal areas on Monday while other regions are expected to receive isolated to fairly widespread showers, the India Meteorological Department said on Sunday. 11. OIL to move Gauhati HC against Pollution Control Board's Baghjan oilfield closure notice "Oil India will move the Gauhati High Court on Monday for a stay of the closure notice, if we do not receive a favourable reply from the PCBA," OIL spokesperson Tridiv Hazarika told PTI. Morning Filter will return tomorrow. | 
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